The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-04 00:00:00

RI 10 ioorder f o tl ith to . 9 41, ,W 4 w 0080 , oo d ' 011 t! es 4illl , et fir .7ico- dt e: 431°5 IA 19 pro t 0 0 dor afif To e° 10 41 r tl '' fro ° oof Jar ogi iev 9 to ce e 9 ir ;o te r t t°. , oige*• ee O r. O P 8 r do f eet' otile 4 re- oote lt 0 tr ea t 0 1° 3. -6 16 dO9 P° r oe t' CC rt, e C , r$S gei° 00' 0 0 o'li° the )5 0 e, C . 13" se, (113- its ° l l i — f MARKET. AND C°XIitUCIAI4 INTELLIGENCE. The I pg, in in of elm era CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. the Stock Exchange this morn anzioes a n ti c i pation of the Queen's speech, htt P i ear b lit tle disp osed to transact business. Spec.u -ti°11,„::/8, b een mu c h circumscribed, and the desire what course the English Government b een 7 t° Pursue in relation to Denmark has not Th e pPatellelod for some considerable time past , for i„,-11glish Funds are I flatter, Consols being 90- g ItileY, and 901 a for the account. 104 the Foreign M ar k et t h ere i s also a very heavy 11 0 , 1 and busine ss i s dull. Turkish Consolide 201; tee eded t o 451 461-; Mexicin, 34a ; Greek, %t*E.::;i3Sfnitlish Passive, 318 328 ; and the Certifi " d esk a / shares are also flatter, with very few Tae n 'rith meat a Eastern N ort h ern Junct i on R a il way, tnePital of /1,500,000, i n s h ares o f /20 each, ito 4 , 1) , W hich has been already sub scr ib e d, i s Cretir forward under th e ausp i ces o f t h e G enera l ketetaed Finance Company. The railway is to ki oei et the co a l districts of the north and the triki e P h at towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire with test D by Means of a t run k li ne s t art i ng f rom St, neea ster, and joining the Great Eastern near divot es. It will run on almost a level gra- Nvill be abl e t o convey coals an d . qit 4o , at saving o f a b out 2 s. per ton, which 444 re present s a gain of about /500,000 per 46 : ti t° the Lo n d on coal consumer. Besides this hy 4 ,le 48 ft th rough line, it also provides rail -4111, : 44:i odation for populous districts now with be of transit. The length of the line 4 thie 4 :1, miles, with 21; miles more for ti.Boectrion,, or , and the total cost will be about hia?qtl-4, half of which has been taken by 4 , k re e rn at Eastern Company, some of whose direc c."4 G e° r : Pea „ n the board of the new undertaking. 49 4 -at taster!) also contracts to work the line Otte of er Ce nt, and contributes 55 per cent. gross 41 '0 ne w line, an d same on its traff i c conveyed Eas tern, to a fund out of which a tai ik "41 didend of 5 per cent. per annumis to the shareholders. I,4tth., Two O'CLOCK. , I 'l,' -a rie Bourse this morning, according to N.( ) '4.e telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes 4titlletd 6 6f. 25c. Better. a,°4lltvileniiillinel meeting to-day of the London and "OideL'aok) Mr. Nichol' in the chair, the usual 6 Pet e el ; o f 6 Per cent., together with a bonus of 10 er , Was declared for the half-year, Bt4it hard depression is perceptible in the English aoll'ket, Coupons now being 90 for transfer, me t i n ' 'er the account. Transactions have taken 6 9.t - c ,, 46 New Threes and Reduced Annuities, 'lleotiPt:dl; an d Exchequer Bills are marked 4s. , A f ui theer downward movement has taken place I „ 4t klailV ie of the p r i nc i pa l F ore i gn S ecur i t i es . .44 4 Per cents., 1862, are 66 4 1 ; 3 ; ; ditto Con o~eh 46 ; Mexic an , 341 I ; G ree k, 20 § . ; o Passive 316 32; and the Confederate 1 1 111 1 6 48 . N h oot t Ile .: WRailway Share Market the dealin gs be en very animated. Great Western, tIC6I' I: ster n, Metrop o lit an , an d S out h E astern hil g iv en Nva about 55., and Caledonian B ristol and Exeter have improved £l, 14c1t) " °rthern. 10s., and north E as t ern (B er - Catioithel; ; Ore igrl and Colonial lines shave little „ok tie r egards values. IL:nd Miscellaneous Shares continue inac (1110;1:142some instances are at slightly reduced pen 401,ktt,zh kr ITISII Fu "----. hit e elit k'S . T Fu xt IiDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ° Ps t t ° Ao' C kmeols s ' .2 s:, a e_ ell it.t . lt,iti., march r oa k 1 891 90 it Alv 2'r _ual•ced ..... 4 4 ,, I p er ,qt, B9l 90/ An a ties, ,k;t ll i . , 9O / 801 90/ hit bee, ill)rii, 1 t. ,1 2.• 1891 ........ ~. bt u , to:°D. 4 %41 0( c )I,`/(l3lre 6th Jan., 1880 -- 1 1.104,7 3 ,S :i!pire sth April, 1885 l4/ B M k 4 4,4 1 :'Nraph), Aug. 1908. Mk t, ‘ 447, 21 & 3 per Cent. 4 die .. 4 dui , IN, geto ut k m ') 4 dis 444.„ -1 14 ( . 4 Stk 4} Per and. £2OO p l i ft B teek`TvEk' ' 2 tier Ct., last hf.-yr. 235 7 bit' t ° Ac e ' o 4 i p er li d t NT SECURITIES. b ill : 5 p c : l 9l. s . eat., April 1874.... 215 bit ty Ac ee ,,Oellt ... . ... •.. . . • ........ • 103 i 4 31 4 bitt o 4 Pe ' l ' 4 . . . ulYt 1870 bitt t ill eezt .. (1 . .. ..... b i e 6 pe a 'ce4 p;: l4 `iot. 1888 — bitt o i t e ettt 'ert per Cent 9l ,b e t e r Ce t ;; J .,1 1 . 1872 .. ,bi tt . uitt o er lttlrei' 4 'LaY, 1879 — iiitt' tom dir t ' Per Ct., April 1861 ° 44d e :, 4 1,00 0 ° . Aug., 1866 poy, . 1 ,000 N l3 - 0 E/G x 1. : , : . ........... l 'iitt o 1 )14 348 , 6 Pe uNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4 1' ° r Cent zti• c e bit,_ l4 ls ° JIM 1859 .. .. _, h. - , e 1 Der 11 ...... vit to ) . 43 9 ,ent. ................ • • '''. ti I , lD er a & ti 18 65 ........ N ,,, 8 , 1, 0 m., 18i2: 'a - 'h , i'!i, 0 , 3 ell 18 1863 - . —B6 .1 0 Ay r , 63 r ,, th 11 6 et , 6 ' -"""-) Paid t ql tt o Per e Per C ent c 4 ,41 ~ eti. ......... 01 4 Pei c „N g 4 6 s‘s !tit. N-it t4 131 1 . cert lip £ 5O pa ▪ . tilit4)i,2i Per t,, e ....... — A? Per e. 4 t, ~.., .. ti lti l a Pe 0, - 1 ,,,t • , Ex . . .12 Guilder.."- tlitlt':6;e: e elat i ' 8 , 8 • ....... a tvl o k,i' Cent. 1 8 8 7, 5 I t ,: N e l) : il e , paid.).4 ............. - - Wtti‘l'7l•ol,,,isc°o4Bo tdate'd, . 1 per U e l r . it , N er t ent and Warrant bblittk,rteoottecittissuz il il li tt t i:C o e ' c il °4 llt .. . 1824- g, ea-Coupons . .......... ti 14.41, S at, tkl t :Pe r Per c e ,:i . *. .••.... . . . . . . . L t l.to 4 , 3 Per etit *(Alart . n ..... • s;4 h ie cotili e t etit .. mana Railway) 73 ........ ti 4 r a t ilPeli m . : ...... bitti 2 1 x, 0 per • c . e ... , tit s ttet p eerrrticie ... .. .. ti ;to tto, 44' v il ali. ' : _.-- l'J , N.; 6 Per P, ts (Hectares) — h •to . e lat, Ex 25f — Dit to tli ' 'e ls . 8 . . • • 4 ,E) r 63) x 4,.. ... t i to to: Qe, it 4 68 . 3 01. paid —pm 11 tb. it tuit . • trt De r . blltts a nt; • , lt 'l to 44 4 ‘ ,3 ll p ll e t r • . . 1862 . _ It t o li,4::kt. Cent., 1853 4 ei e 4 1 to ( =l l : .......... bits 4 5 tuat '' 'lB 66, '7, ' . 9, 'WO, . 4,' D4'l) , Det Cent. ... 47 i D i tto at, 0 , 14 186 2, £ St. ..... • • .1' 1), it 2 kr , 1 82 k‘p i l t,to 6 Per 1860 .. _ t.'44 41 1 3 %. C ent, 1 859 h Its_ 6 et , Pli o .'e 4 Der 0 1 862 ditto 3 k/ 1111 t ant ... A pe, ‘, - i:il t io po ui l ; , ellt t it t ' ) A"'4l ........... „k t t i „: ~,„t er,,,,, _ ~,,,,,,,, . . , i tt., Gant, ........... 1,11 A• of ...... 4 h , e‘l ott:i 00 0 „ _ bitis.l464_l:4retde::.:.L.“t .. h . ' . n . d . e . d . N o ,I)e ~.,_t. ... .? 1 i.tt,q , c_p oi i- s erit. 1868 -cilki e t t o It 14,t, , rue Bo '••••.... ................. D it to A r c), ea.t..,:,:., ki, , o, p ,, , i 1 1... -..0z • 66,1 t,) 4 iat o r o°418 . 1 ). tlei karto„elat, fin▪ ~; tltto 0 a N ....,,, d '. .. . ....... h I ttt) A Per u : efil it . P e r Ce nt • 99k. `'ltt o . bipeqoelltltil.t., 1 86 :. 2 t,t i n r 4,4 0 . Itt:t, er 0 „ i ll i t t h, p e ee l:lt , p La above payable in Lend Itt;,lllle.res?,,4l perercti:Ttes b• 9 'tee e elli. - 6' x. 12 Guil .. 1 " f' 4°114111t:'. ............................ --" I ltl ....... tto ko .. . , Az to4 4 y ilet: . O'CLOCK. O'CLOC. . .................... 90 .. 7,„,..............z....,........:::::::::::.,.?3/4 418[r b .,,,-- _______ ... 10 tr.. --' 4-41 CG--This Day. 0 4. 4 4 ..... i , l i t° 4: . z e e b ' 4.---------.------."--Wiud this day at noort—Nort • 4, m 0 b 1.ti,,,..' 4 td fine 'weather, with showers of h ail i k h q v P k ,01 1 _ eb. 3, °9 -"•-•Wind S. W.—Arrived—Prinoe Rupert, k (Ey A/AGx tkip ti l 'lc TELE GRAPH. )ay Morning. Z oo ' l'eb. 4,...4a.4.." vmstrtThursc. zAtlan, from New York, "o t ‘ kr 1 41 I va] DEAL, Thursday Morning, til, 8 . %Oil, 'kid/ f I for /run, SEARE MARKETS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,anonid.Co Bristol am . .xeter C ale (I'3n t an ork and Bandon Cornwall Do A IA , ! - ets no di \ Do. B till fip c.p (been paid to B. Dublin ,t Belfast June. bun.,Perth,&Ab. June. i 'ldinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. GreatEo stern, Oro. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. o, Irelano Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashice & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & So'.th Western Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do; shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New . ' Do Birming. & Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Ker t Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eas Z.ern—Berwich Do, C.N.E. purchase Do Lecd Do York Do Carlisle North Lonuon Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. %V. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot.. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo, Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, DM Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland --Oxford Do Newport, Do Hereford ini ,.,., Closing 1 Business ' "'". Price. , done. 8 8i 81 81 84 C 6 119 j 120 j 7 4 37 39 16 17 5 97 106 108 481 491 45 47 71 8i 128 129 134 136 1:4 136 97 99 C 4 G 5 100 109,i 70 72 102 :03 40 42 106 1065, 102.; 1(3 . i 491 50} 98 99 128 1281 It IV , 97 99 51#621 25 t 6 1021 103} E 8 59 9N 913 125 130 1 2 p 77 79 11 11i 123 126 43 45 98 100 63 64 33 34 83j e4l 98 100 9f loi 38 39 94 104 0 16 74 p 785 5} 5 1 C. 3 34 p E 7 90 170 175 22 25 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Ahare aailways Paid. Price. Business done 100 A.flantic & :st Lawrence all 59 61 — } Bom.,Barodaa.Cent Ind Sk ICO 102 104 Gu. 5 per cent.. ...... 20 Do. New ..... 8 } 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares.... 7i 4 1 P All Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 6 10 Do. Preference ...... all 8 9 :00 } Buffalo,BrantaGodricl, p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187, 100 100 Do. do. Juue 1, 100 st Cleutta.,t S. Eastn. (I.,in 100 1( , 0 102 st Cape Town Dock Seri) 100 PA/ 102 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. 100 104 106 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 102 104 103} 20 Do. do. 13 Ext..... 15 I p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 3 p stock Grand Trunk of Canada tou 191 20} 100 Do. let Pref. Bonds.. all 73 TO 73/1 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 53 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 49 55 100 Do. 3d ef. stock ... all 50 62 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 33 12 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 20 c 4 stook Gt.lndtarenm.gua.sp.c 100 103 105 1031.1 20 Do. New gua. sp. a... 12 1 I 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 f 1 1' stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 102 104 20i Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 9 a 10 30i Do. New 18 11 1016 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 92 94 100 Do. 5i p. 0. do. '77-8.... all 85 87 10 Indian. Branch Limited 2 o p Stock Madras- guar' , 5p.0. .. 100 101 103 stock Do. 4p. 0. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc. 4* d 0........ 100 02 96 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- 21 stock litelb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. Blortg. Bds. all $0 Newßrunswiok Candu Class A. and B all 1 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 pc lst pf bds 100 82 84 stock Uncle —• • (100 102 104 stock Do. Delhi 1 44..: 100 102 104 20 Do. do • 2 L I P at Do. Punjaub f 9 all 102 lu4 Do. Do. ........ , gig , 100 stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) i.lOO 93 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , Cark.Gov. p.c.j a sltJ u 1) 1877-84 100 100 102 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. Zs Aug. 100 102 104 Do. ti p. 0.31ar..35 Sept. 100 102 104 In , Do. 6p. c. Jan.d/July. 10i 90 82 891 j 90j Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 iCapeG.Hope, 6p 0,1870 100 106 107 Do.Ap a Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 189( 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 106 'Natal Gov. 6 per cont. 100 107 109 -- IN.B.Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.aJ ul} 100 101 103 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. V. G ov. 5 p 2.,188r 100 99 100 - Do. sp. c.,lBti to lt7( 100 99 to) I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 po.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 108 110 tip.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. to 6p.0. An.&Oct.. 100 109} 1101} 109; 1.4591 1141 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id Clifford Amalgamated 385 891 Devon G. Con.. (Taviet ) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 671 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. sa. id par East Caradon ...... 134.6 27 28 'East Carn Brea. E. g"l.llussel (Tavistk )I 8.9.0 5 54 - GamASt.AuDyn(Gwen )1 581 9 11 jGreat South Tolgus l7s 44 5 Wheal Vor (lielston 40 154 164 !Grenville 6.16. t• 5 5 4 5 1 Ilemd's-Foot 8.12 36 38 tlingston Downs 4.)8.0 44 5 Lady Be. tha Margaret (tiny Lelaizt 94 17 19 Marke alley. 4 My ndy Iron Oro (Lima 21 14 1 d New Seton l9f 80 90 • North Downs 2l 2 24 N.Wh'i Basset (111Nan' 3.1.0 24 21 North Wheal Crotty , 2.6.9 5 5 4 Par Consols (St. Blaze , Providence (Uny Lelni.) 10.6.7 44 4 6 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 14 425 535 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 574 625 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 ramarSilv...t Lead Alin. 44 ( rinCrolt 9 395 204 West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W et radon (Liskeard) 5- 54 56 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5* 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 10 3 i 37 495 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuckott Wheal IllaryAnn(:en ) 8 134 141 Wheal Seton . • 584 160 170 ViThealTrelawney (Lis.) 7 23 25 'Wheal Union 3.17 3 35 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 110 London and S.-Western 4o per cent., Ditto, Portsmouth perpet. anus. of 2s. 6d., 21 FOREIGN RAILWATS. Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 171 Great Luxembourg, 101 Namur and Liege gua. 141. per annum, 82 West Flanders„7} Cobre Copper, 31; Port Philip, FOREIGN MMES. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 120 i Alliance Bank of Lon „Lan and Liverpool (Um.), Ditto, new,:3ol Anglo Austrian, British North American. 471 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 42 Chartered mer. of India, London, and China, 634 Consolidated Bank, Urn., lot j European Bank, Um., 74 Imperial Ottoman, tn Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 3; London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 London and County, 65 ii 64 London Joint Stock, :td} London and South American, lim., London and South-Western (Urn.), 131 14 London and Westminster, 79 Oriental Bank Corporation. 5Si Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lima, 01 Union of Ireland (lim.), 194 DOCY'o. St. Katharine, 73 Victoria, 101 i MISCELLANEOUS. EgYPtlal l ' ,.;ommercial and Trading, lim., 41 k 6 '..,rcdit and leinance of London, Urn., 6 0 7 . neral Steam Navigation, 28 International Financial Society, 12 ill 12 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 81 2 Joint •stock Discount, lim., 6 / London Financial Association, lim., 251 6 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 471 The Price of Gold, The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, About 2 -10ths dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchanv at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 172 per cent., and the premium on gold is 56 1 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit OM the Importation of gold from the United States. THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1864. LITERATURE, A Young Artist's Life. One Vol., pp. 214. Hurst and Blaekett. This very charming story is a perfect poem in prose. Lovingly and tenderly are the character and early career of the young artist, Leonard Holme, depicted by one who apparently knew and appre ciated him well ; for the hero, we are told, is taken from the life. Many will recognise in the biogra pher a writer who has on more than one occasion found favour with the general public, and won golden opinions from the appreciative few ; but never has he written more freshly, more charmingly than in the pages of this brief and pathetic romance of real life. As a justification of our remarks let us select, almost at random, some of the bright thoughts and pleasant fancies scattered in profusion over these pages. Here, at the commencement, is a word of— truth which is after all the one only renovator of poor human nature, whether in " saint, in savage, or in sage." Pure Saddle Horses. By Edward Curr. Wilson and M'Kennon. Although Mr. Carr writes more particularly for the benefit of the Australian colonies, his bock may be read with much profit by the breeders of horses in these countries. His views are those of a man who has had great practical experience of the' animal he treats about in various countries, Euro pean, Asiatic, and African ; and the result of his observation is given to us in a very agreeable and well'written narrative. There can be no doubt that Mr. Curr's estimate of the British saddle horse is a very correct one. 'rho breed has, unquestionably, deteriorated of late years; and this deterioration he attributes, with perfect justice, to the descrip tion of sires employed to propagate them ; the early age at which our thorough-bred horses are put to work ; and the severity of the training they undergo. Besides all which, the fact, that speed for the short distances run is the object sought to be attained, without reference to the power of staying, is, perhaps, the main cause why the stallions appropriated to the getting of our saddle horses are mere weeds, worn out even at an early age by the discipline they have undergone in the hope of enabling them to struggle successfully for the great prizes which can only be contested by horses of under, or not exceeding, three years old. IVhen a racehorse has distinguished himself in his early performances, and has figure and form to re • commend him, he, as a matter of coarse, is destined to breed racers; and this piece of service alone effectually prevents his being otherwise employed, for it would be preposterous to suppose that any man would pay fifty or a hundred guineas for a sire, when the utmost price he could expect to realise for the produce, when a' maturity, would little, if at all, exceed that sum. There was formerly in Ireland a race of horses bred to run two and three mile heats, or races of four miles, carrying much heavier weights than are now carried over flat courses. The blood of those horses was pure, and although they were certainly not as fast for a short distance as the racer of the present day, they were by far stouter. And the stakes which they could win being bat of small amount they were generally put to stud when they made a cha racter, the price of these services, though seldom exceeding five guineas, being found to he more re munerative than the sum of their winnings, and by them was produced the Irish hunter, a horse un matched in any other country for shape, siz action, and durability. But the mania for light weights, and short distances, has quite annihilated the race of sires which produced the Irish hunter of former days. And the consequence is, that that justly cele brated animal has almost ceased to exist. The saddle horse is of far more importance in our Aus tralian colonies than he is at home. There, men travelling over the prairie, or through the forest, require animals of strength and vigour to carry them. They cannot use carriages, while with us no man dreams of making a journey of any length in the saddle. A ride to cover is the longest taken by our sporting men, and those who have distant visits to pay, or business to transact, have recourse to railways, or to post horses where railways do not exist. It is therefore not to be wondered at that the colonists take a far deeper interest in the breed of their saddle horses than we do, when it is remembered that their grass-fed animals are expected to carry men of all weights from 80 to 100 miles for many days consecutively. That Mr. Curr is right in demanding the infusion of Arab blood in the breeding of Australian horses does not admit of a doubt. The climate of his country is peculiarly adapted for the propagation of that noble species of his race; and the food generally procurable is that on which the Arab horse alone can live and labour. We sincerely trust, therefore, that his countrymen will profit by the advice of a traveller wbo has seen and tested the qualities of the horse in so many different climes, and whose hook evinces a thorough knowledge of the topic he writes upon, although the subject of which he treats is not of such importance to us as to his fellow colonists. Mr. Curr's volume will amuse and in struct its readers ; his style is clear, and his descrip tion of trapping wild horses is worthy of being transcribed. A hunter had succeeded in bagging two lots, numbering 120; but, not content with his good luck, he coveted another Hock which appeared dilate—and Minerva again walks the earth I.° This fair lady is beloved, (and no wonder !) by a clerk in her father's employ. This gentleman, with honourable discretion, retires from his post, and as he is taking a sad farewell of the picture of his lady-love the damsel herself enters the room. A scene which loses much of its effect from its reminding us of that matchless " situation" between Fanny Trevanion and Pisistratus Caxton, a scene never to be forgotton by all who have read "The Cartons." With blemishes such as we have referred to, Mr. Alfred Gladstone has given us a very ani mated and interesting romance. The Belle of the Ball. A Novel. By William Pickerel ill, author of " Waehington Grange." Two Vols. Newby. It is somewhat surprising that this title has not been already adopted by some novel-writer, the fair belle of a ball-room being so frequently the heroine of a three-volumed novel. As it is, Mr. Pickersgill has the merit of the selection, and a very charming belle he has depicted in Melita Hastings. How at this ball, which occurs in the first volume, the hero and heroine first encounter each other, and how, according to the famous and always appropriate quotation on the title-page, " Love took up the glass of Timo and turned it in his glowing hands," we will not here further relate. Suffice it to say, that the hero, who is rejected by a proud family as being of the Arab tribe of actors, proves, by a strange combination of chances, to be the head of the very family that disdains him. A supposed murder, re sembling in some of i's features the notorious Road tragedy, is introduced, with, we cannot but think, an absence of good taste and discretion. A " COURT REGISTER OF THE HOUSE OF COM MONS" has just now bean commenced under the supervision of Mr. J. C. Whimper. The first of the four monthly parts within which it will be com pleted has been issued opportunely upon this very morning of the opening of Parliament by the Messrs. Tx obner of Paternoster-row. It contains, as each of the three subsequent instalments will also contain, upwards of 170 woodcut illustrations—these illustrations being simply the armorial bearings of the honourable members. The absence of any armorial bearing, however, in some instances, as for example in those of Mr. Bright, of Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Hodgson (probably, like sensible men, they will care nothing for it, however), appear somehow to render the publication slightly invidious. So far as it goes, however, it is likely to be acceptable to the generality: though we should certainly our selves have suggested the publication of the work not in a quarto size but in a size more compact and portable—even if it had, after the manner of the thumb-bible, dwindled down to a very miniature or mannikin of a duodecimo for the waistcoat pocket. Ma. BEETON'S PUBLICATIONS still shine forth conspicuously among the popular periodicals of the day. They increase and multiply, moreover : for, while the old favourites continue to flourish, newer ones are, every now and then, making their appear ance from his establishment. Here blooming before us, for example, is that merry puzzling Christmas Book (reprinted and clad now in a glowing cover of blue and red) ycleped The Kiddie-a-TVink, and penned or edited by Francis Derwick, ono who can write not only readably but most amusingly. Again as—a companion bit of fun and frolic, with a merry fool's cap and bells emblazoned on its cover—have we not here Beeton's Book of Anecdote, Wit, and Humour ? Every page of it, tickling the reader into laughter, or tempting him at least to a dimpling smile_ Here, too, is the The Boy's Own Magazine, an old favourite, now in its tenth year I Illustrated plentifully always, and crammed fall, month after month, with fact, fiction, history, and adventure. Besides which, in a cheaper form, we have The Boy's Monthly Magazine and The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. CASSELL'S PENNY SHAKSPERE gives every in di cation of proving an immense success. It is true that, as yet, we have enjoyed but a nibble of the the feast, but with the flavour of that we are more than satisfied. The illustrations are elegant and imaginative. The paper, the printing, all the little et ceteras of publication appear to have been sedu. lously cared for by this most enterprising house of publishers. In their new undertaking we heartily wish them success—we feel:eure,they will deserve it —and we rest confident also that it will be their's. CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL, now in its fourth and best series, has evidently taken, in common parlance, a new lease of life. Part I. of this Fourth Series reflects the highest honour upon the great Edin burgh firm from which it emanates. It is in all essential respects pretty nearly as good as can be, as a very model of a cheap periodical. Its contents are as usual singularly varied. The con• tributors show, still, that they can instruct as well as amuse. The principal serial in the journal, as the public well know by this time, is the clever tale of " Lost Sir Massingberd." But the marvel of the publication in its new form, the peculiarity o f it, at least, chiefly arresting our attention in respect to Part I. of the new series, is—the "getting" of it all " up." In this particular Chambers's Journal is more than ever attractive. THE GALLERY OF GEOGRAPHY, Part IV., is another of the valuable serials now being issued in a monthly form from the house of the Messrs. W. and R. Clambers. It brings the work on, now, to upwards of two:hundred pages—pages still, like the preceding ones, beautifully, and hero and there pro fusely, embellished. A map of Africa is this month the principal illustration—the letterpress carrying us far on into the description of our own " loved native isle." MARKETS--This Day MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 8d ; barley, 32s Id ; oats, 18s lld ; rye, 31s 8d ; beans, 33s 3d ; and peas, 32s 10d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. —• Wheat, 40s 6d; barley, 31s lld ; oats, 18s 10d; rye,3os ld ; beans, 33s 9d; peas, 33a ld. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 98,917 i barley, 97,305 ; oats, 18,456 ; rye, 23 ; beans, 7,183 ; peas, 2,071 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied, and prices were the same as on Monday.: Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. - a. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Pme. S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Prime :large oxen 4 8 4 10 Large crse. calves 5 0 5 6 Prime Scots, ac. 5 0 5 2 Prime small do 5 8 6 0 Crse. ez inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 ' Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 I Small porkers ..., 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 20s to 30s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... C ows llO Sheep and lambs ..., 700 Sheep .. 4,100 Calves Calves lO5 )Pigs Pigs 290 I ME AT MARKETS. NEWGATR AND LEADENHALL.—A moderate supply,of meat is on sale here this day, and the trade is inactive. at the annexed currency :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 48 4dl; mutton, 4s Od to 5s Od ; veal, 48 10d to os 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 3.—Supply moderate and trade steady, as follows :—Beet, from 3s 8d to 5s tid ' • mu tton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; veal, 5s Od to 5s Gd ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 3.—Prime stock changed hands freely, at full prices; otherwise, trade was inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; and pork, 38 8d to 4s Gd per Blbs suckling calves, 165.t0 225; quarter - old stor e pigs, 20s to 260; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw,:Ll 2s to £1 10s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, 4s to £1 108 per load. Supply moderate. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. A fair average supply. COAL MARKET. iltoes of.,Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 14 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....14 9 Lambert's West Hart-;14 6 ley Walker Primrose 13 0 Cowpen Hartley 14 9 Hastings Hartley l4 9 West Hartley 14 9 Davison's West Hart ley.. ..15 0 Ships at marke H. d. Carr's Hartley ....... 14 9 Wells End. Hough Hall .......... 19 0 Kelloe ............... 18 9 H ar tlepool .........•19 6 East Hartlepool ...... 19 9 Trirridon Hartlepeol...l9 6 Riddell ......... .....17 9 Cassop ............... 18 ;t, 97; sold, 22. PRACTICAL WISDOM. Is it carelessness or frivolity to live in the present, as we all did, in those days? Is it not, in truth, the highest and best philosophy to enjoy the passing light of each blue day, a , if it never should return—to revel in the bright mornings, which spring from Eternity, and return to Eternity at night? Why should we scorn the little days, passing on angel wings, and fix our thoughts on the regrets of the past, or the perils of the Future ? Strange it should be so, but so it is ; to most men there is no present—there is yesterday and to-morrow, but seldom to-day. We are ever like the passengers on the vessel's deck, bound to the far distant land; some cluster in the bow, and strive with anxious vision to pierce the purple clouds resting on the horizon ; others gather near the stern, and gaze with fond lingering regrets on the loved shore, sinking lower and lower as the ship speeds on her trackless way; but rarely is the wanderer found whose sense of enjoyment is satisfied with the fresh breeze, the bright sea-foam, the greatness and wildness of the waters he is traversing. Happy, in leed, are they who allow each day to suffice for itself, and only anticipate the future, when the anticipation relieves a present suffering. Such, and such only, will bear with them into maturer years the freshness and buoyancy of youth. In the history of an artist of course the subject of art is fittingly commemorated, ex gr. : ART 6ND ARTISTS. For an artist the sky has a deeper blue, the trees a richer foliage, the tints are softer, the green more varied, the shadows and contrasts of scenery more intense than to the general observer. So it is—as a man grows in art, he will grow in thought and poetry ; and then to think how much happiness art has conferred on the family which possesses the vivid resemblance of the lost—how much art has done for history. What does not Spain owe to the pencil of Velasquez ?—and, indeed, what has art not done tor the faith? A Murillo and Raphael, as Christian teachers, stand near a Bossuet or Fenelon. " Very true," said Markham ; " and for this cause art fell off when a great faith ceased to become a moving of principle of life and action. In his work on Spanish painters, Stirling, whose pen conveys impressions not less vivid than the works he so eloquently describes, tells us, repeatedly, that these great masters strove to call forth the virtues and charities they had represented on their canvas —that they had toiled not merely for fame ,but for the glory of religion, and the instruetion of men, It has often oc curred to me how the Titans who stood in proud array at the portals of the sixteenth century, must have been in spired with a subject before they took pencil in hand, Can you not picture Lenardo da Vinci, meditating on the heights of Fiesole, which overlook sweet Florence, ever the beau tiful. Thence he could contemplate the city, basking on the sunny banks of the Arno, the villas scattered in pic turesque groups upon the vane-clad hills ; but music of the city bells from convent and tower being borne towards him on the soft evening breeze. Depend upon it, it was with a mind fraught with no common emotion, and in a spirit of great faith, which the beauty of the scenery, or the silence of the cloister, may have called forth, that he conceived that Madonna which, next to his Last Supper, was the greatest, as it was the first, of his marvellous conceptions. What must have been the frame of mind of Raffaele when he imagined his glorious cartoons ?—or of Michael Angelo when he painted his Last Judgment ? It was well remarked, that religion, poetry, and art are all one—the expression of the true, and beautiful, and good ; at loast,so it was formerly. Now, I am afraid, much more material objects come into play, and artists prefer creating fortunes to creating immor tal works, We have not space for all the passages we might willingly select, and yet mere isoiated passages scarcely do justice to the simple charm that pervades the book as a whole. It is filled throughout with suggestive thoughts and kindly sympathies. As, for example, when it is asked, almost indignantly, " who shall judge another man's life, who shall turn the page down? For, are there not pages turned down in all lives? Is there not a chamber in every heart where men desire that no one should enter ?" In another passage, speaking of trifling acts of kind ness, it is truly observed—" Is anything in life really trifling ? There is much Christianity in closing doors gently—there is great charity in the small obligations of life, if we would but remember it." "Life," it is said in another place, "is a tragedy for men who possess sympathies; a comedy to men of hard hearts and good digestions." Yet, is this remark less truthful than the kindred opinion of Gray, where he tells us that all men are " Condemned alike to groan, The tender for another's pain, the unfeeling for his own." From what we have said, it will readily be inferred that we have been more fascinated by the manner of this story, and the thoughts and sentiments that it records, than with the story itself. We must confess that our friendly interest is more largely excited by the biographer than by the hero of the tale. The love episode of Leonard's history is an unfortunate one, and is to be regretted. It almost reconciles us to his early death. His name will, however, linger as a pleasant memory with all who may peruse this charming record of his career. Savage Africa. By W. Winwood Reade. One Vol., pp. 687, illustrated. Smith and Elder. Mr. Winwood Reade tells us in his preface that ho makes no pretensions to the title of explorer. "If I have any merit," he says, "it is that of having been the first young man about town to make a bona fide tour in Western Africa; to travel in that agreeable and salubrious country, with no special object, and at his own expense ; to fianer in the virgin forest, to flirt with pretty savages ; and to smoke his cigar among cannibals !" An attractive picture assuredly, and a companionship that few " men about town" will envy Mr. Win wood Reade, although certainly possessing all the charms of novelty, a novelty refreshing, one might imagine, even to a Sir Charles Coldsti eam. If we remember aright Mr. Curzon, in his very remark able work on the monasteries of the Levant, met with a monk who had never seen a woman. Equally surprising is a discovery made by this African explorer when, following out that part of his pro gramme which suggests " a flirtation with pretty savages," he ventures on one occasion to kiss Anauga, the daughter of the King. The damsel is terrified, she thinks he is going to devour her ! " This mode of salutation is utterly unknown in Western Africa; the poor child had thought I was going to dine off her, and had run for her life !" It may be objected perhaps that Mr. Reade's style of relation is too light and flippant for the serious work he has undertaken. Conscious of this him self, he tells us in extenuation that the greater part of the work was written at first in letters to a friend. Occasionally a more serious spirit comes over the gossiping traveller, as when sitting by the grave of a fellow -countryman, he tells us "No oT: out those who have travelled in a wild and uesert and sickly land can understand the emotions with which one contemplates the grave of a white man in the wilderness. It diverts one from the ignoble realities of savage life, and fills one's eyes with those tears which the proudest man is not ashamed to shed." S. mo very spirited illus trations of " the Queen of the Cannibals," of " the Gorilla," about whom (or which) Mr. Reads has col lected many interesting particulars, of the terrors of an African Tornado, which, we are informed, are " like a woman's wrath, furious but brief," of " an inundation in Senegambia," in which all the rival animals of the forest moved by the fear of a com mon danger are crowded together on'a projecting elevation ; these and some other similar scenes de picted by a happy pencil, increase the attractions of this very interesting volume. Before taking leave of Mr, Reade, however, we must express our total dissent to the moral and educational conclu sions which he draws from his wanderings. By his account Africa is to be civilised and enlightened not by Christianity, but by the teachings of Mahommed ! It is undoubtedly true that the m ussn i m an is less barbarous than the savage, but to extirpate heathenism by error is, to say the least of it, an extraordinary way of propagating truth— in view— In the meantime. a large herd of 150 wild horses had been seen, and the conductor of the hunt, too ,eager for gain, instead of being satisfied with what he had captured and taking them to the yard to be subdued by thirst and hunger, as he had done in the first instance, determined to take this other lot also with him. Steadying his former captives and leaving what men he could spare in charge of them, he moved off with the rest of his party,and was not long in falling in with and heading down the other 150. Away they came in the direction of his depot party, each as hard as he could rattle, in a long string; the stallions and strong horses leading ; the mares, the old, the lame, and the foals, stringing out, but following the lead at their best pace. On their approach, those that had only just been joined to the crawlers, now well in wind, began to cock their ears, whinny, and become restless. Their anxiety communicated itself to the lot first captured, and, as these feelings of alarm are very contagious amongst gre garious animals, even the wretched crawlers began to get uneasy. In the mean time, the tramp of feet grew louder, and the 150 drew near, racing over the plain, mad with ex citement, their tails streaming in the air and clouds of dust flying from their hoofs, with a thunder of feet that might be heard miles off. Such was their impetuosity, that the quiescent body of half, subdued material was unable to stop them, and the whole affair became a rout, and every horse there, to the poorest crawler, joining in the rush was carried away by the excitement of the moment. Round a went the two lots at me eting, in whirlwinds of dust;midst its mantling clouds, the tossing of manes and streaming of tails, a thousand incidents flash indistinetly for a moment on the e y e of the beholder ; the tall grey that has run headlong against another in mid career, rear ing high above the rest, for an instant his full height, tumbles backward with his neck broken ; the vicious old mare, that hates a throng, with head bowed to the ground, kicking all that come within reach ; the foal, overthrown, rolling amongst the feet of the multitude ; the neigh—the savage yell—the scream of terror—the thunder of hoofs—the rival stallions meet ing in the eddy, with outstret3hed neck, snake-like head, and ears laid back, true to their nature, springing with fury on each other, to satisfy in a moment of mortal terror the jealousy and hate which never brook postponement of battle; all had been and disappeared in an instant, for no thing could restrain them. Bursting from their captors, blind and deaf to danger, headed by resolute stallions re fusing to be turned, the whole lot broke from control and yells and cannon-like reports o sw f the ept ofwovheirpsthe in pursuerspthlaes.The only added fuel to the fire. The whole lot escaped, and were soon out of sight behind the swells of the plain, the cloud of dense dust floating in the dry air marking the direction of their flight, the person at whose expense the hunt had been got up having to return home with his party, Toeing the whole of his horses except those on which his men were mounted, with the pleasant reflection that the domeEticated horse, once free and joined with wild ones, is not a whit easier to recapture than the wildest denizen of the phin. This volume, we mad observe in conclusion, is in scribed by the author" with many feelings of affec tion," to his Old Frind, the lion. Miles Gerald Keon, now Chief Secretary of the Bermudas. The Man of the How : A Tale of Real Life. By Alfred Gladstow. Two Vols. Newby. As a perfect match ;o that perfect woman, cele brated by the poet as" mistress of her s e lf , t hou g h china fall," Mr. Josial Allcroft, the 4, M an of the all circumstances, master Hour," is essentially, 11 of himself and of the situation, from the opening chapter, when we find him sitting complacently in a debtor's gaol, ,s hi s face full and radiant, his tongue plausible and soft," to the close of the last " volume, when the charm and t wo direct ors of a bank wait upon him, End threaten to stop him in business," and he retats, " You make a mistake. I will stop the bank;' and he does it ! Through the intricate mazes ofth e two vol umes o f this nar rative, Mr. Allcroft's (or rather, it should be, All crafts) arts and contriiances are a happy satire upon the faults and frauds of the day. Intermingled with the history of his machinations is a very inte resting and adventursus story—a little too highly coloured, perhaps, it its descriptions : as, for example whero one of heroines is thus glowingly portrayed Watch that soft blue eye, that cheek emulating the damask rose, the white forehead, those delicately-chise'led lips, the rounded nostrils —none of which Venus could have excelled ! Let that eye sparkle, that cheek flush, the 1 forehead contract, ;he lips curl, the nostril 49} 64 1 IC9 I I 106} i lint 99} 9 1281 i 102/ 3} 21 3} SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HARROW FLAT RACES AND STEEPLECHASES, WEDNESDAY. A Flat Race Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added. About five furlongs. Mr. Mellon's Telscombe, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. Pigott's Duplicity, aged, 7st 71b (Hibberd) '2 Mr. Ducker's Peru, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (W. Little) 3 Betting—Even on Peru, and 7 to 4 agst Telscombe. Won by two lengths; three lengths separated the second and third. The Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 20 ridded. About two miles. 31 - r. Last's Gin Sling, 6 yrs, lOst ... (Barton) 1 Mr. Sill's Saucy Boy, aged, list 7th M t ., Raine's Vulture, aged, list Mr. langland's Armless, lOst sth (J. James) 0 _ . __ Betting-6 to 4on Vulture, and 4to 1 agst any other. Vulture refused, and Gin Sling carne in alone. The Middlesex Grand Open Steeplechase (handicap) of 15 sous each, with 100 added; winners extra. About three miles and a half. Mr Coventry's Agnes, aged, list 111 b.. (Capt. Coventry) 1 Mc Green's Deception, aged, list 91b (C. Boyce) 2 Capt. Tempest's Dedwing, aged, 12st 71b (Owner) 0 'Mr Dixon's The Old Squire, aged, list 91b (Hick) 0 Capt, Handley's Doubtful, ageci r l ist 41b.. (Mr F Loton) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Deception, 3to 1 agst Redwing, 4 to 1 agst Agnes, 6 to 1 agst The Old Squire, 10 to 1 agst Doubtful. Won by three lengths. The Old Squire fell. The Volunteer Vase, value £25; list 71b each; winners extra. About one mile and a half. Mr. Tilbury's Mystery, aged (Mr. Henry) 1 Mr. Cedney's Heliopolis (71b extra) .. (Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Expectation, Rapture, Slasher, and Valentine. Betting-7 to 4 agst Slasher, and 3to 1 each agst Mys tery and Rapture. Won by two lengths. A Scurry Steeplechase Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, Once round. Mr. Lases Gin Sling, 6 yrs, list 71b (T. Barton) 1 Mr. Langland's Armless, lOst (J. James) 2 Monk, list 71b (J. Searle) 0 Betting--Even on Armless, and 2 to 1 each agst Monk and Gin Sling. Won by four lengths, Munk fell. [The following appeared in the Third Edition of "The sun" of last evening] LINCOLN SPRING MEETING—FEB. 2?. Acceptances for the Grand National Steeplechase. Joe Maley Yager Gal Red Robin. Portland Rarey Age st lb Age st lb .. a 12 7 Woodford .. 5 11 0 .. a 12 4 Premier .. a 10 12 .. a 12 2 Volunteer .. a 10 11 .. a 12 0 Rook th© Gardener 6 10 11 .. a 11 11 Emblematic .. 6 10 11 .. 6 11 9 Ace of Lumps .. 5 10 10 .. 6 11 9 Magician .. a 10 10 .. a 11 9 Cadet .. a 10 7 .. a 11 7 Miss Maria .. a 10 7 .. a 11 3 Miss Emma (late .. a 11 3 Gwell) an) .. a 10 7 .. a 11 3 Creole, by Marley .. a I I 1 Hill .. 5 10 7 .. 6 11 0 Baron of Avon .. 4 10 7 Rubicon Hurkaway Pine Apple Satellite Kington Bridegroom Sunflower Dceeption Malta .. Acceptances for the Lincolnshire Handicap Stakes. Age st lb Age st lb Argonaut .. .. 58 12 Belladrum.. .. 47 0 Aurelian .. .. 6 8 10 Benjamin .. .. 5 6 13 Ellerton .. 6 8 4 M, Philippe .. a 6 12 Suburban .. .. a 8 4 Pounce .. 6 612 Neophyte .. a 8 4 Fluke .. .. 46 10 Despair .. .. 58 3 Village Belle .. 46 10 Partisan .. 5 7 13 Actaton .. 4 6 8 Early Purl.. .. 47 13 Claxton .. 36 8 Lapidist .. 57 12 Pegasus .. .. 36 6 Welcome .. .. 5 7 12 Buckland .. 3 6 6 Donnybrook .. 4 7 12 Mail Train .. 3 6 6 Juliet .. .. a 7 12 Clairvoyante 3 6 4 Turn of Luck .. 5 712 Brindisi .. .. 3 6 4 Dunkeld .. 4 7 12 Ruse .. 3 6 3 Flying Fish .. 4 7 10 Signalman .. 3 6 2 Fontenoy .. 4 7 10 Mantrap .. 3 6 2 Merry Hart .. 4 710 Anglo-Saxon .. 3 513 Flash in the Pan .. a 7 8 Siva .. 3 5 13 Tolurno .. 5 7 8 Veterinarian .. 3 b 12 King Cotton .. 4 7 7 Confederate .. 3 510 Confidence.. .. 6 7 6 Redcap .. 3 510 Lustre .. .. a 7 6 Dovedale .. 3 5 9 Creole .. .. 47 6 Flaneur .. 3 5 9 Principal .. 5 7 4 Hawkshaw .. 3 5 8 Trojanus .. 4 7 4 King of Clubs .. 3 5 8 Rubini .. 4 7 3 i)aniel .. 3 5 8 Merry Maid .. 57 2 Naxos .. .. 35 7 Bosh .. .. 5 7 2 Guerilla .. .. 3 5 7 Reindeer .. .. 6 7 2 Mies Shepherd .. 3 5 7 Miss Emma .. 6 7 2 Fanny Seaton .. 3 5 7 Hetman a 7 2 Ess. Bouquet .. 3 5 7 Joco .. 4 7 0 'HE NORTHAMPTON LNDI CAP. Age st lb Principal .. .. 5 6 12 Flash in the Pan .. a 6 10 David Ann .. 6 6 10 Incitatus .. 5 6 10 Caroline .. 3 6 8 M, Phillippe .. a 6 7 Lady of Coverham 3 6 4 Ghillie Callum .. 3 6 2 Countersign .. 3 6 0 Mikaela .. •. 3 6 0 Isea 3 5 12 Sheridan .. .. 3 5 12 Double First .. 3 5 12 Mahometan .. 3 5 11 Iphigenia .. 3 5 11 Danans .. 3 5 10 Alabama .. .. 3 6 9 Welbeck .. 3 5 9 Highland Piper .. 3 5 9 Lord Zetland .. 3 5 9 Llangollen .. .. 3 5 9 Anglo-Saxon .. 3 5 9 Whitethorn .. 3 5 9 Br. to Rubini .. 3 5 7 Lt THE CITY AND HANDICAP. Age st lb Count Cavour .. 4 6 4 M. Philippe .. a 6 4 Lady Superior .. 4 6 3 Verbena .. 3 6 3 Weatherspy .. 4 6 3 Lord Zetland .. 3 6 3 Mahometan .. 3 6 2 Y.Rapid .. 3 6 1 Lady Emma .. 4 6 1 Bangle .. .. 3 6 0 Iphigenia .. 3 6 0 Lucky Star .. 3 5 13 Brindisi .. 3 5 13 Echo .. .. 3 5 13 Sir Roger .. .. 3 5 13 Master Richard .. 3 5 13 Woodcraft.. .. 3 5 13 , Phemy filly .. 3 5 12 The Beadle. .. 3 5 12 Orphene .. 3 5 12 Moulsey .. 3 5 12 Mail Train .. 3 5 11 Old Fuller .. 3 5 10 Brack Fawn .. 3 5 10 War Dance 3 5 10 Gordian Knot 3 5 10 Diviner .. 3 5 10 Highland Piper .. 3 5 10 Pegasus .. .. 3 510 Hawkshaw .. 3 5 9 Langford .. .. 3 5 9 Dispute .. .. 3 5 9 Major .. .. 3 5 9 Aunt Judy .. 3 5 8 Bon Soir 3 5 8 Bradamante .. 3 5 8 Veterinarian 3 5 7 Double First .. 3 5 7 Farnham .. .. 3 5 7 Alabama .. .. 3 5 7 Brother to Rubini .. 3 5 7 Aurora .. .. 3 5 7 Weatherglass .. 3 5 7 Lady Warwick .. 3 5 7 Bittern .. .. 3 5 7 Greville .. 3 5 7 Lady Milton .. 3 5 7 ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GREAT METROPO- LITAN HANDICAP. Age at lb Blithfield 4 8 12 Coita 5 8 9 Brighton .. 5 8 7 Jack o' Hearts .. 4 8 6 Fantail .. .. 4 8 0 Watchman .. 5 8 0 Butterfly .. a 7 13 Welcome .. 5 7 9 Summeraide .. 4 7 7 Touch-and-go .. 4 7 4 Cachuca .. 4 7 3 Count Cavour .. 4 7 3 Detective .. 4 7 3 Kempton .. 4 7 3 Joco .. 4 7 2 Bel Demonio (late Harvest Mell) 37 2 King Charming 4 7 0 Crisis 3 6 11 Lady of Coverham 3 6 11 Y, _Rapid .. 3 6 81 ACCEPTANCES FOR TB DIC Age st lb Asteroid 6 9 6 Carbineer .• 6 9 1 Griroston .. •• 5 6 7 Magnum Bonum.• 5 8 3 Anfield 4 8 0 Hospodar .. 4 7 9 Fantail .• .. 47 8 Leonora . • .. 5 7 8 Dr. Syntax .. 4 7 6 Erin-go-Bragh ... 4 7 6 Union Jack 3 7 6 O s car .. .. 4 7 3 Sumroerstde .. 4 7 0 Safeguard • • 4 7 0 Detective .. 4 6 12 Odine 4 6 12 Kemptown .. 4 6 7 Act mon 4 6 7 ACCEPTANCES FOR TI: Age st lb Costa .. .. 5 8 12 Earl of Surrey; 5 8 3 Turn of Luck .. 5 8 3 Lavender .. 4 8 0 Evenhand .. 6 7 10 Chaff .. 7 Age st lb Lady Emma .. 46 8 Iphigenia .. 3 6 7 Durham .. 3 6 7 Lord Zetland . 3 6 7 Mahometan 3 6 Mail Train.. .. 3 6 5 Sheridan .. 3 6 4 Gordian Knot .. 3 6 3 Alpheus .. 3 6 3 Aunt Judy .. 3 6 1 3 6 0 Old Fuller.. .. Farnham Diviner 3 3 6 6 0 0 Highland Piper .. 3 6 0 A l a bama .. 3 6 0 Mikaela .. 3 6 0 Gravid° • • .. 36 0 J e annette . • .. 36 0 Brother to Itubini.. 3 6 0 Major • • 3 6 0 Letcombe Lass colt 3 6 0 LE NEWMARKET HAN !AP. Age at lb Planet .. .. 3 6 6 Farce -3. .. 4 6 6 liarbadoes .. 5 6 5 M. Philippe a 6 4 Lord Zetland .. 3 6 3 Echo .. 3 6 0 Outlaw .. .. 3 6 0 Wood craft .. 3 5 13 Bay Celia filly .. 3 510 Alabama 3 5 9 Wandering Minstrel 3 5 9 Langford .. 3 5 7 Guerilla .. • • 3 5 7 Faretra .. •• 3 5 7 Bradamante 3 5 7 Nucleus .. .. 3 5 7 Itappet (h. b.) .. 3 5 7 E BERKSHIRE STAKES Age st lb Butterfly .. a 7 8 Violet .. 5 7 6 St. Lawrence 5 7 3 IGlowworm .. 47 3 Verbena ..3 6 12 Signalman .. 3 6 2 ACCEPTANCES FOR SHIRE H. Age st lb Fairwater .. 6 9 1 Wingiave .. 5 8 12 Gibraltar .. .. a 8 12 Lioness .. 5 8 8 Glenorchy 4 8 3 Costa .. 5 8 0 Blithfield .. .. 4 7 12 Knutsford .. 6 7 10 Blondin .. 4 7 9 Dollar .. .. 4 7 9 Trumps .. .. 4 7 7 Fantail .. 4 7 6 Turn of Luck .. 5 7 6 Loiterer .. 6 7 6 Despair .. 5 7 6 Gardener .. 6 7 4 Welcome .. 5 7 3 Watchrua-r .. 5 7 2 Touch end Go .. 4 7 2 Trojanus .. 4 7 0 Lapidist .. 5 7 0 Union Jack .. 3 7 0 Earl of Surrey .. 6 7 0 Benjamin .. 5 7 0 Knave of Trumps 4 7 0' ACCEPTANCES FO SUBURBAN Age st lb Lord Burleigh .. 5 812 Ace of Clubs • .. 5 8 8 Sacchsromoter .. 4 8 7 Exchequer.. .. 5 8 4 Carisbrook.. .. 5 8 4 Tippler .. .. 4 8 4 St. Alexis.. 5 8 2 Aurelir n .. 6 8 2 Tom Fool .. 4 7 12 Marigold .. .. 4 7 10 Bellman .. 6 7 10 Vivid .. 4 7 10 King of Utopia .. 4 7 9 Cadiz .. .. 4 7 7 Leonora ~ .. 5 7 7 Trumps .. .. 47 6 Merry Hart .. 4 7 6 Dr. Syntax .. 4 7 6 Tajo 4 7 6 Flying Fish .. 4 7 5 Juliet .. a 7 4 lambus 6 7 4 Summerside .. 4 7 2 Fiancee .. 4 7 2 Stockinger 5 7 2 Melandra .. 4 7 2 Blarney .. 3 7 2 Crotchet h.. 5 7 1 Bel Demonio (late Harvest Mell) 3 7 0 Barter .. 4 7 0 Avondale „ „ 4 7 0 Fitz-Avon.. a 7 0 Jarnicoton.. .. 4 6 13 Nebula 4 6 12 Merrymaid 5 6 9 Kemptown .. 4 6 7 Columbia .. .. 4 6 7 Horse Marine .. 3 6 7 Planet .. 3 6 6 Joco .. 4 6 6 Crisis .. .. 3 6 5 Voluptas .. 4 6 5 King Charming 4 6 5 Countersign .. 3 6 5 Barbadoes.. .. 5 6 4 Liston .. .. 4 6 4 LAW INTELLIGENCE —(This Day, ) COURT OF DIVORCE.. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) O'KANE V. O'KANE AND LORD PALMERSTON. The court, as on the previous day when this eme was brought forward, was crowded to excess both by th,c bar and the public, and during the brief proceedings the most perfect silence prevailed, evincing the deep interest o:f the spectators. On the case being called on, The Queen's Advocate said—ln order to prevent a repeti tion of the irregularities that took place when the case ea-ai a last before the court, I trust your lordship will allow me to make a few observations. Mr. G. Browne (counsel for the petitioner) —I don't ceo what right the Queen's Advocate has to make any übsel:l ia _ tinns at present. The Queen's Advocate—The petition in this case 'was served in October, 1863, the answer was filed on the 1" - th of November following, in which the respondent denies. the adultery, and the co-respondent applied on the 27th Deceit?, ber for specifications with reference to the adultery charbtd• Your lordship on last Tuesday week made an order for a le petitioner to furnish particulars, or, in the event of his not complying, the petition to b e dismissed. Sir J. P. Wilde—You cannot be heard first, as that course% would be irregular. The Queen's Advocate—l was called on to peruse thc i se affidavits, and having done so I think it right is say that much of the matter it contains might be omitted, althrJugh counsel for the petitioner said there would not be and irre levant matter introduced. I made the same observation= the last day when the case was brought on. Mr. Seymour was about to make some observations, but Sir J. Wilde said the proper course was for Mr. B rown now to show cause. Mr. Brown—On the last day I was making some obser vations relative to the affidavit of Mr. Wells, but I was interrupted, and was not permitted to rcake these observa tions. The affidavit on which Mr. Seymour, as counsel for the respondent, obtained his rule contained grave charg , zs against the petitioner and Mrs. Wells, and stated that the case was brought forward merely for the purposes of extor tion ; but that allegation was founded merely on the belief of Mr. Horsley, and I am instructed to give it the most emphatic denial. Sir J. P. Wilde—Read the affidavit. Mr. Brown read that portion of the affidavit which re ferred to the charge of extortion, and other po r ti on ,: Ac cha same which have already been published. I repeat that th a t charge is quite untrue. I regret very much that the Letter of Mr. O'Kano was appended to that affidavit. With re gard to the arrrangement, I deny that it was made beLw ee4 the parties. Sir J. Wilde—What does that mean ? Mr. Brown—Why, that the arrangements were made by third parties. Mr. T. P, Wylde—That is what you mean. Mr. Brown—Under these circumstances 1 am not ill. strutted to make any further opposition to the rule bei7.l4 made absolute. The Queen's Advocate—After the expression of your lordship I have but one word to say with respect to the arrangement. lam instructed to deny emphatically that any arrangement was made between the co-respondent and the petitioner. _ _ Air. Seymour entered into explanations is reference to certain irregularities imputed to the solicitor of his client. Sir J. P. Wilde—From what has taken place to-day the petition must of course be dismissed. The petitioner now comes into court and says an arrangement has been effected through his friends. It was a hardship that a man should; be allowed to take away the character of his wife with impunity by casting imputations on her chastity. The respondent, who challenged proof, now leaves the court without a tarnish. The petitioner retires with evil words, and with the contempt of others. 'With respect to the co-respondent, it is a matter of great satisiac tion to the Court that a name which is never mentioned in England without just pride should have passed from its annals without a stain. A burst of applause broke forth, but which, of course, waq immediately repressed. The rule was then made absolute. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Dayl OLD COURT. THE MURDERS AND PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS, (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) The prisoners John Lyons, Barcelia la Santos, Murat° Durano, Francisco Blanco, Manilla men; Marco Varta, Marcelliano, Miguel Lopez, end George Carlos, were again placed at the bar this morning. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, Mr. Metcalf, Mr, Sleigh, Mr. Rib. ton, Mr. Kemp, and Mr. Best addressed the jury for the prisoners. The Solicitor.Gencral having replied, The learned Judge proceeded to sum up and comment on the evidence. (We shall give the result in a later edition.) THE PRUSSIANS IN SCHLESWIG. PLON, Jan. 28. The following general order was issued by Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia on the 28th ult. : Soldiers,—When the King intrusted me with the com mand of this Army Corps, he ordered me to express to you in his name his expectation that you would do your duty under all circumstances. When on your march to this place you entered strange towns and villages, the inhabitants, not knowing you, feared you, but your winning and friendly demeanour obtained for you not only good accommodation, but was also the cause of your leaving as friends those places where you entered as unwelcome guests. So comport yourselves throughout in the country which we are going to deliver. You will bear in mind that the honour of the Prussian arms demands that you should conquer, but also that you should pardon the conquered as brothers. This is Christianlike, and a good Christian cannot be a bad soldier. The Prussian name is already in good repute with the Danes. It is well whim even our enemies respect us. Soldiers! In a few days it will be known whether we shall have war or peace. Should a second Danish war begin, we shall meet with fortified places and large sheets of water and ice ; but your dauntlessness and zeal will be all the more glorious. we shall know how to overcome all obstacles, none of which shall detain us longer than they should. Do not those obstacles conceal the enemy who is accustomed to fly before our regiments ? Forward, then, let us look for that enemy ; let us oppose his retreat ; let us disperse his ranks I Having accomplished this result you will not give the enemy time to breathe, but pursue him indefatigably, to annihilate him before he seeks refuge on his island. You will therefore have some long marches to perform, but after that you will have well merited rest and good quarters, honour and recompense, and the consciousness of having fulfilled your duty. Austria, for the first time since 50 years, will fight by our side. Lot us renew the old brotherhood in arms. What a noble emulation is therefore before us I But in our ranks, also, the men of Brandenburg and of Westphalia will struggle and make efforts to win the meed of victory. You men of Brandenburg I know, and you know me, and this is saying enough. You, men of Westphalia, we are not yet known to each. other, it is true, but that may be all the better, for there can be no more favourable opportunity of becoming acquainted with you and appreciating you sp eedil y . Let us, then, all follow the blackiand whit e fla g; let us all obey the same King, who has said to us th at he relied upon our doin g o ur duty under all circumstances. With God's h elp we shall do it, Long live the King I FREDERICK CHARLES, Prince of Prussia. A NEGRO (one Rev. Massa Grimes) has been elected chaplain of the State of Massachusetts, or rather of the old State. A PRINTERS' CRAPEL.—That a body of prin ters working together is called a" chapel," maybe amongst the things not generally known. The term is derived, as those who have read the life of Caxton and the history of printing will doubtless know, from the fact that the earliest presses 'were set up in a chapel attached to some religious house or monastery, then the general seats of learning. The word has been transmitted through many generations, and is an exceedingly pictorial one, carrying the mind back to an age happily long vanished. Fancy, however, must not whirl us away too fast or too far. AVe must not picture to ourselves mullioned windows, fluted shafts, and groined roofs as constituting the atelier of the modern printer. There is nevertheless some thing highly interesting even in a modern printing•.office. The long room, the lines of desks or " cases" ranged regu larly against the walls, the files of compositors dipping their nimble fingers in the little square type-boxes, the rapi dity and precision with which piece after piece of metal is thumbed into the "stick," the consciousness that th , ?s3 men in the white blouses are agents of a tremendous power, and are weaving words which will speak from one end of the world to the other—all these things impress us strongly as we examine the busy hives. The oldest man of the body receives the honourable title of " father of the chapel ;" though it by no means follows that he exercises chief authority over his children.—Once a Week. The Serbske Yonne, the official journal of Bel grade, announces that Prince Michael has the i n tention of adopting as his successor, in the case of not having naarp heirs, Prince Nicholas of Montenegro. 153 in with 47 railway directors in the 11,-ase of Lords, a nd B RA DSHAW announces that this se ssion opens the House of Commons. üblishes a p The °ffleial Gazette of Turin om enerce to the notice from the Minister into his States will be snip effect that, by decree of the I of hhu/srr ove mber next, on pay. s ; er or of Morocco, the importation of p er mitted until the 10tta lorenz duty of 10 per cep went of the present ad ' ....' gr• ~ 3. Dp01(11 tOn° llr whi ch Hon. Ii) tit' I were 'esti' Jed 19 w o leg, ogO: for 6 13.14. r 3.4.0 19.15.4 12.10 128 131 i